- Parasite 기생충 (2019): Ki-taek’s family of four is close, but fully unemployed, with a bleak future ahead of them. The son Ki-woo is recommended by his friend, a student at a prestigious university, for a well-paid tutoring job, spawning hopes of a regular income. Carrying the expectations of all his family, Ki-woo heads to the Park family home for an interview. Arriving at the house of Mr. Park, the owner of a global IT firm, Ki-woo meets Yeon-kyo, the beautiful young lady of the house. But following this first meeting between the two families, an unstoppable string of mishaps lies in wait.
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- Children of Men (2006): In 2027, in a chaotic world in which humans can no longer procreate, a former activist agrees to help transport a miraculously pregnant woman to a sanctuary at sea, where her child’s birth may help scientists save the future of humankind.
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- Sleep Dealer (2008): The near future. Like tomorrow. In a world marked by closed borders, corporate warriors, and a global computer network, three strangers risk their lives to connect, break through the barriers of technology, and unseal their fates.
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- Detachment (2012): a chronicle of one month in the lives of several high school teachers, administrators and students through the eyes of a substitute teacher named Henry Barthes.
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- Triangle of Sadness (2022): Fashion model couple Carl and Yaya are invited on a luxury cruise. When the yacht sinks they become stranded on a deserted island with a group of billionaires and a cleaning lady. In the fight for survival, social hierarchies are turned upside down, revealing the tawdry relationship between power and beauty.
Sorry to Bother You (2018) is the most on-the-nose communist film I have ever watched. It’s written by communist activist Boots Riley. The Wikipedia synopsis should give a good idea of how great it is:
The film follows a young black telemarketer who adopts a white accent to succeed at his job. Swept into a corporate conspiracy, he must choose between profit and joining his activist friends to organize labor.
- The Platform
- Snowpiercer
Both are very much about class struggle.
I was thinking of suggesting some kind of biweekly movie club to watch movies from AES or old countries (USSR). They have some really good movies and most of us out of the USA are already used to watching stuff with different cultural context and subtitles anyway. Lots are also available on youtube since copyright is just Rent of the Concept. Might even find stuff that is palatable to show others.
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“In Time”
Overtly about class struggle and how the concentrations of capital kills for the betterment of the bourgeoisie.
Got absolutely hammered and watched Triangle of Sadness a few months ago, love that movie
The Irony of Fate (1976) ?
I love Children of Men because it freaks me a bit. Of all the “dystopian sci-fi” movies I’ve seen, this one is the most realistic about what a post-pandemic world deep in a capitalist crisis and war would look like. And so many things from that movie have actually come to pass.
Recently, Glass Onion touches on the hubris of capitalists and The Menu was basically revolution in a restaurant.
Western European social realists like Ken Loach and the Dardenne brothers. Can easily recommend Riff-Raff and Two Days, One Night.
